Emphasis on the Cause not the Effect

One of my biggest temptations and struggles is not putting emphasis on doing something to be saved... "Being good" But being good is actually the effect of Jesus' power in your life. HIS grace and the unexplainable sacrifice of HIS life. This was the main point of the worship thought that I read this morning. --> "I am not saved by believing— I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not repentance that saves me— repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of on the cause. Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right with God? It is never that! I am made right with God because, prior to all of that, Christ died."

Jesus' Grace is ALL that we NEED! This song really helped me understand that...

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The Lyrics

In Jesus alone, my atonement is known, I stand on grace.In Jesus the King, my salvation He brings, I stand on grace, stand, I stand on grace.In Jesus alone, my atonement is known, I stand on grace.In Jesus the King, my salvation He brings, I stand on grace.And Jesus your grace is all that I need, it's all that I need, yeah.And grace upon grace is all that I breathe, it's all that I breathe.In Jesus alone my atonement is known, I stand on grace.In Jesus the King, my salvation he brings, I stand on grace.And Jesus your grace is all that I need, it's all that I need, I need. And grace upon grace, it's all that I breathe; it's all that I breathe, yeah.And Jesus your grace, it's all that I need, it's all that I need. Yeah, and grace upon grace, it's all that I breathe; it's all that I breathe, yeah.And Jesus your grace it's all that I need, it's all that I need.And grace upon grace it's all that I breathe, it's all that I breathe.Yeah, and Jesus your grace, it's all that I need, it's all that I need, yeah.and grace upon grace it’s all that I breathe, it's all that I breathe.In Jesus alone my atonement is known, I stand on grace